Earlier this week, I asked you to submit questions for Trail Blazers shooting guard Will Barton and promised to chase down a few of the answers. Well … here you go. I selected seven of your questions, and "The People's Champ" was kind enough to answer them all. Thanks for the questions, and stay tuned for more of these opportunities. My goal is to check in with a different player every week. Enjoy.

Q: Hey Will, Will here. I've had the blue crab in Baltimore and dig it. Have you tried any of Oregon's local seafood, such as razor clams?

A: “I’ve had Oregon seafood and it’s OK. But it’s nowhere near Baltimore. Let me throw that out there. No disrespect to Oregon. But Baltimore just has the best seafood in the world — Baltimore and New Orleans.”

Q: When you were drafted you were quoted as saying "I really don't have any friends. You either family or nothing with me." Is that still your outlook, or has it changed and why?

A: It’s still the same. That’s just how I am. I tell people all the time that I don’t really have no friends. Even my friends, they’re family. That’s just how I look at you. Friends, they’ll do you over. But family, I feel like family won’t. So it’s either: you’re family or you’re nothing.”

But you’ll add to your family, right?

“Yeah. But it’s hard to do that. It’s hard for me to trust people, so that just doesn’t happen easily. But once you do earn my trust, you’re family.”

Q: Hey Will, how did you feel about getting drafted by Portland? Do you feel at home in Rip City now that you've been here almost two years?

A: “I was ecstatic. Just to get drafted by anyone is a dream come true. But I was definitely excited to get drafted by Portland. They took a chance on me, and I’ll always appreciate that. And, definitely, I feel like I’m at home here. Been here for two years, so I feel good here.”

Q: Will you compete to start next year and what will you have to improve on to win a starting job?

A: “If I’m still here, Lord willing, yeah. That’s my goal every year, since I’ve been drafted, to come in and try to start. Who doesn’t want to start? Yeah, I definitely will come in and try to compete for a starting job.”

What do you need to improve on to earn that job?

“Just keep getting better. I feel like I’ve gotten better every year. And if I do that, I’ll be fine. Keep getting better with my jump shot. I feel like time in games will just increase my confidence. Experience will help. I just need to keep getting stronger, keep getting smarter with the game and that comes with playing, studying it, and things like that. But just overall, getting better in every aspect.”

Q: In the rout over the Brooklyn Nets, it looked like you shrugged off Mo Williams in the back court and took the ball up yourself. Who's the best non-PG ball handler on the team — you? Or is it CJ? Nicolas Batum?

A: “I’m going to go with me. (smiles) I just can handle it. CJ’s pretty good. Nico can handle it, too. I would go me, CJ and then Nico.”

*This is the third installment of "Ask the Trail Blazers." I've also checked in with Lillard and Matthews.